I used to feed my ball out of his cage, but he is a VERY slow eater, and it became an inconvenience to me. I started to feed in cage and noticed no difference in his behaviour at all. He's been on a hunger strike lately, and last night when I reached in to his cage to clean he started hissing at me and LOOKED interested in my hand. I simply continued my business in his cage and then put a f/t rat in and he happily ate. However, as a personal choice, I do not feed when my snakes are in shed. Not only do mine usually refuse, but it can also lead to a bad shed.

As for the humidity, I'd bump it up quite a bit. For whatever reason, my ball python ALWAYS has bad sheds, even though his humidity is at a constant 60% and raised when he is in shed. I usually have to help him get his remaining skin off, but last time he got all of his skin off himself, but when I found him in the morning it was in a million pieces. So, if anyone can lend me tips... I'd appreciate it too xD